Ryan Nelson Shealy is a former American professional baseball player who played six seasons in Major League Baseball as a first baseman. Shealy played college baseball for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Colorado Rockies, Kansas City Royals and Boston Red Sox. Shealy was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He attended Cardinal Gibbons High School in Fort Lauderdale, where he played high school baseball for the Cardinal Gibbons Chiefs. Shealy received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, and played for coach Andy Lopez and coach Pat McMahon's Florida Gators baseball teams from 1998 to 2002. He graduated from Florida with a bachelor's degree in advertising in 2002. The Colorado Rockies selected Shealy in the eleventh round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft. Shealy began his career playing for the Casper Rockies, an advanced rookie team that is part of the Pioneer Baseball League that is located in Casper, WY. Shealy made his major league debut on June 14, 2005. In his rookie year, he compiled an impressive .330 batting average, with 2 home runs, 16 RBI, and no errors in 36 games played. 

August 29th, 1979 in Fort Lauderdale (Age 45)